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Manhandled (1950)

Manhandled poster
Directed by
Lewis R. Foster
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist gets entangled in a murder case after a patient tells her a hidden secret. A private detective and the police both suspect her of being involved.

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What happens

Manhandled is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden and Dan Duryea. It is based on the 1945 novel The Man Who Stole a Dream by L. S. Goldsmith. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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